Bassin du Sénégal, Maastrichtien Inférieur: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Senegal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Granulatasporites sp.
Polycolpore indet.
Incertae informal sedis D
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
unclassified
Monocolpopollenites informal sp. 1 Pflug and Thomson 1953
Monocolpopollenites informal sp. 2 Pflug and Thomson 1953
Monocolpopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Monocolpopollenites spheroidites Jardiné and Magloire 1965
Multiporopollenites aff. maculosus
Diporites ? reticularis
Angiospermae
Triorites informal sp. 2 Couper 1953
Angiospermae - Gunnerales
Tricolpites informal sp. 9 Couper 1953
Tricolpites informal sp. 10 Couper 1953
Tricolpites synstriatus Jardine and Magloire 1965
Angiospermae - Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteacidites informal sp. 1 Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites tienabaensis
Proteacidites informal sp. 2 Cookson and Couper 1953
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Graminidites informal sp. 1 Potonie 1960
see common names

Geography
Country:Senegal State/province:Dakar
Coordinates: 14.8° North, 17.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.5° North, 21.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous,calcareous not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Zone a Afroboliviana afra
Database number:137364
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:G. Doria
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2012-12-15 03:13:40 Last modified:2012-12-14 10:13:40
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-15 03:13:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43937. S. Jardiné and H. Magloire. 1965. Palynologuie et stratigraphie du Crétacé des Bassin du Sénégal et Cote d'Ivoire. Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miniéres 32:187-245 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cárdenas]